Helminthocarpwn.] xlvii. § papilionace^ (baker). 61 



diffuse, thinly clothed with close silky pubescence. Leaves subsessile, 

 pinnate, with a terminal leaflet and three on each side, all subsessile, 

 oblanceolate, J-J in. long-, 1-1^ line broad, entire, mucronate, finely 

 silky. Flowers in short-stalked heads from the axils of most of the 

 leaves, 4-6 tog-ether. Pedicels shorter than the calyx, which is tubular, 

 silky, 1 line long-, the teeth deltoid. Corolla between yellow and red, 

 twice as long as the calyx. Pod 2 lines across, the point nearly or 

 quite broug-ht round to the base. — Antopetitia cancellata. Hochst. in 

 Schimp. Hb. Abyss. No. 1108. 

 Nile Land. Abyssinia, JSchimper! Both! 



15. LOTUS, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, i. 490. 



Calyx with a campanulate tube and five subequal teeth. Corolla 

 caducous, free from the staminal tube ; standard unguiculate, wing-s 

 obovate ; keel upcurved rostrate. Stamens diadelphous; alternate 

 filaments dilated ; anthers nearly uniform. Ovary sessile oo -ovulate ; 

 style upcurved ; stigma terminal or lateral. Pod linear, straig-ht in our 

 species, turgid, 2-valved, septate between the seeds. — Herbs with 

 usually five leaflets, the lowest pair like stipules. 



A large genus, belonging to tbe North and South Temperate zones of both hemi- 

 spheres. 



Bracts simple. 



Calyx-teeth shorter than the tube 1. L. tigrensis. 



Calyx-teeth exceeding the tube. 



Pod not much longer than the calyx, 4-6-seeded. 



Stem and leaves silky 2. L. nubicus. 



Stem and leaves subglabrous 3. L. brachycarpus. 



Pod 4-6 times the length of the calyx, 10-12-seeded. 



Flowers usually 2-4 together 4. L. arabicvs. 



Flowers usually solitary 5. L. mossamedemis. 



Bracts trifoliolate. 



Flowers in stalked umbels on naked axillary peduncles. 



Whole plant subglabrous 6. L. corniculatus. 



Stem, leaves, and calyx densely grey-silky 7. L. creticus. 



■ Flowers 1-2 together on the branches, and in 3-4-flowered ' 



quasi-terminal umbels 8. L.glinoides. 



Flowers all solitary, axillary, subsessile 9. L. Garcini. 



1. L. tigrensis, Baker. Stems herbaceous, a foot long-, diffuse, 

 thinly silky upwards. Leaflets 5, oblanceolate, subsessile, 6-8 lines long, 

 thinly silky. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel on a downy peduncle 1J-2 in. 

 long-. Bracts solitary, oblanceolate, 3-4 lines long. - Pedicels downy, 

 a line long-. Calyx- tube campanulate, 1^-2 lines deep, the teeth 

 deltoid-cuspidate, shorter than the tube. Corolla yellow, 5 lines long. 

 Pod linear, glabrous, 12-18-seeded ; not seen fully developed. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Tigre, Schimper ! 



Like L. arabicvs in size and general habit ; different in the calyx. 



2. L. nubicus, Hochst. in Kotsch. Herb. Nub. No. 311. Rootstock 

 woody. Stems herbaceous, 3-6 in. long, copiously branched from the 



